There’s astonishment on Ellie’s face and raw adoration on Nat’s as they look at each other, and I wonder how it’s taken either of them this long to see just how deep their friendship ran, just how much more than friendship it truly is.
“What do we do now?” Ellie asks softly, and I almost wonder if she didn’t intend for me to hear.
“I have to go practice.” Nat laughs breathlessly when Ellie’s eyes widen in panic. “It’s okay. Coach is going to take care of you.” She lifts off the bed, finding her discarded shirt at my feet and grabbing it before lifting a slow brow at the evidence of my enjoyment of their little show. Turning back to Ellie, Natalia says, “I know exactly what I want, but I think the two of you have some shit to figure out, so I’ll give you time to do that.”
She pulls her shirt over her head as Ellie slowly sits up in bed and eyes me from across the room. I feel frozen for some reason I can’t explain. I’m a little terrified to be alone with Ellie again, because Natalia seems to bring out a courage in all of us that I’m not sure Ellie and I can find on our own.
“Oh, and Ells,” Nat says, reaching the door. “We were right. Your pussy is so pretty, Hudson came in his pants watching you.”
With a wink, she leaves me and Ellie staring after each other with dumbfounded expressions. Ellie bites her lip again, but it’s not the look of playful seduction it was before. Now, she’s nervous. Unsure.
I decided to take the lead, finally willing my limbs to move as I stand from the chair and reach a hand toward her. “Do you want to take a shower?”
She offers me a bashful but genuine smile before nodding and taking my hand.
I pull her out into the hallway, but rather than turning toward her bathroom, I take us through my bedroom into my much larger ensuite. Flipping on the light, I turn her so her back is against the sink before placing my hands on her hips.
“Tell me if I’m doing something you’re not okay with, yeah?”
She nods, and my fingers inch beneath the fabric of her top, lifting it as she raises her arms over her head so I can take it off her. As I toss it to the floor, and she stands before me completely bare, my mouth dries out, and I’m left speechless.
Her skin is soft as silk, pale and flushed pink, heavy, tear-drop breasts ready to be handled, the rest of her body deliciously full and curvy, though built with the kind of strength only an athlete can hold. I’m slow moving my hand toward her chest, giving her plenty of time to tell me to stop, but she doesn’t when my knuckle grazes over her rosy nipple and I feel it pucker against my skin.
“You’re beautiful,” I say in a breath.
“I don’t exactly have the kind of body you see with models,” she whispers.
“Ellie,” I rasp, dragging my hand up her chest and cupping her jaw. “You are beautiful. So fucking desirable. Look at me.” We both glance down, realizing I’m already hard again, my cock tenting the fabric of my joggers where I’ve already left a stain.
Her breath hitches.
“I’ve wanted you for a long time, but at first, I knew it was wrong of me to think of you like that. Not when I was married to…” I trail off, shaking my head. “Then, you moved in here and…well, no matter how badly I want you, what I want more is for you to feel safe and comfortable. I don’t want to jeopardize that.”
“Me either,” she says softly, placing her hand over mine. “But I think I’ve realized now that it’s worth the risk. I want you so badly it hurts, but it hurts more seeing you and Nat together…”She bites her lip, eyes meeting mine in a blaze of heat. “Without me.”
“But Nat and I together…with you?”
“I want that,” she whispers. “I couldn’t stop thinking about it while she was going down on me. How good it felt, but how it would feel even better if you were inside me at the same time, how it would feel if I was doing that to her…doing it to you while she watched. I…” She huffs an astonished laugh. “I want all of it with both of you, and I don’t know how to make sense of that.”
“Me either,” I admit. “But I want those things too.”
She nods, relief flashing across her features.
“But Ellie…do you know what I really want right now, at this moment?”
She shakes her head, green eyes bright with lust, a glow over her red cheeks and soft skin.
“I want to kiss you so fucking bad. Can I do that?”
She doesn’t answer. Instead, she eagerly slides her palm around the back of my neck, taking control of my entire being as she hauls my mouth to hers.
CHAPTER SIX
ELLIE
Hudson discardshis clothes before his hands drag rough and calloused against my bare skin as they skim along my thighs and beneath me, grabbing my ass and scooping me into his arms as he effortlessly lifts me off the counter.
I whimper into his mouth while his lips continue to move ferociously against my own. Pulling back, I say through heavy breath, “You don’t need to carry me. I don’t want to hurt you.”
